He continued, "But even those parts of the texts already known to us show considerable distortion of facts.
"Chinese distortion of facts may be seen for instance, in the following eases," the spokesman declared, "The Chinese claim that the Japanese attacked non-combatants, but the Japanese forces never carries on hostilities with non-combatants as objectives, "Tt was the Chinese forces themselves," the spokesman asserted, "that ordered all foreigners except Japanese residents in the Hongkew district of Shanghai to leave that area, and then attacked Japanese non-combat ants living there, "The bombing of the French Concession and the International Settlement in Shanghai by which many non-combatants were killed ^or wounded, was perpetrated by the -Chinese as all remember.
"No consideration," the spokesman continued, "was given by the Chinese army to educational or cultural establishments, "Chinese forces occupy those establishments as bases of hostilities.
When this is done, those establishments certainly lose their neutral nature according to international law.
"The objectives of Japanese attacks are always combatants and military establishrhents."
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